Removal of Heavy Metals from Soil using Vegetation by: Dawn Slack, Environmental Research Manager Plants provide… Food for people and animals, medicine, mitigate heavy rain, buffer wind and wave energy, protection from soil dehydration, beautiful meadows for pollinators, and the list goes on and on. Plants have been used by Helping Nature Heal for… [Read More]
Environmental Changes in the Maritimes
Climate Change As most of you know, our global climate is changing. In the Maritimes, we are experiencing more storms, heavier rainfall events, fluctuating seasonal temperatures and shorter, milder winters. Forest Canopy Protection Surface water increases with heavy precipitation, especially in areas with hardened surfaces such as pavement, concrete and unvegetated, high traffic hardened surfaces…. [Read More]
Morning Labyrinth Meditation Walk with Rosmarie Lohnes
“A MORNING LABYRINTH MEDITATION WALK” guided by Therapeutic Landscaper Rosmarie Lohnes Did you know that a maze is where you go to lose yourself, but a labyrinth is where you go to find yourself? When: Thursday July 11, 2019 7-9am (meet group at entrance at 6:45am) Where: Freeman’s Forest, 29 Anglican Church Diversion, Upper LaHave… [Read More]
Makin’ Dirt
By: Rosmarie Lohnes BA CoEn, President Helping Nature Heal Inc. Soil is the basis of everything on Earth including food, clean air, and water. When we care for the soil, we care for our own well-being. 2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the United Nations. I was thrilled to learn this,… [Read More]
Why ‘On the Edge’?
The edge is where we work as landscapers and educators. At Helping Nature Heal, we engage in healing and restoring the edges between human activity and our ecosystems. These edges are often challenging, but we see them as places of growth and opportunity: the opportunity to plant a tree that will capture carbon, to reintroduce… [Read More]